A case of Sweet's syndrome with pulmonary involvement.
- Author:
Young Ju CHOE
1
;
Wan Bum PARK
;
Ji Whan BANG
;
Uisok KIM
;
Jung Hwan YOON
;
Hyo Suk LEE
;
Myoung Don OH
;
Kang Won CHOE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mdohmd@snu.ac.kr.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Sweet's syndrome;
Pulmonary nodule;
Hepatocellular carcinoma
- MeSH:
Arthralgia;
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular;
Fever;
Hematologic Neoplasms;
Humans;
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute;
Leukocytosis;
Skin;
Sweet Syndrome*
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2002;62(3):284-288
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Sweet's syndrome is a rare disorder presenting with painful erythematous plaques or nodules of the skin with fever, leukocytosis, arthralgia and conjunctivitis.Sweet's syndrome occurs in association with malignant tumors in 10~20% of cases. Eighty five percent of the malignant tumors are hematologic malignancies, acute myelogenous leukemia being most common. Sweet's syndrome occurring in a patient with solid tumor is rare and pulmonary involvement of Sweet's syndrome occurring in a patient with a solid tumor has not been reported in world literature so far. We report a case of Sweet's syndrome presenting with pulmonary nodules in a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma.
